A band of snow sweeping the country is expected to miss the North East.

A yellow weather warning for snow was in place across the entire North East, but it was revised on Saturday.

Across the rest of the UK snow is likely, with 10-20cm possible in some places.

But in this part of the world, chances of snow have plummeted, from as much as 50% in some places to less than 5% across the region.

Met Office spokeswoman Racheal Adshead said: “Snow in the UK is very difficult to forecast, because we are basing our forecasts on very small temperature differences.

Yellow snow warning for Sunday December 10

“Since we issued the snow warning for the North East, there has been a tendency to pull the snow a little bit further South, and today the emphasis of the snow is in the South - the furthest North it will get is about Humberside.

“In the North East, today is going to be a pretty good day: it will be a good deal of dry, sunny and very cold weather - though I couldn’t rule out just one or two snow or sleet showers later on.

“Tomorrow again there will be a good deal of dry and sunny but cold weather around, and we could have some ice around to contend with tomorrow morning, so that’s something to be aware of.”

Here’s an hour-by-hour breakdown of what to expect throughout Sunday:

10am - 11am

Newcastle: -2C, less than 5% chance of snow, feels like -5C, sunny intervals

Hexham: -2C, less than 5% chance of snow, feels like -4C, sunny intervals

Consett: -4C, less than 5% chance of snow, feels like -7C, cloudy

12pm - 1pm

Newcastle: 0C, less than 5% chance of snow, feels like -3C, sunny intervals

Hexham: -1C, less than 5% chance of snow, feels like -3C, sunny intervals

Consett: -3C, less than 5% chance of snow, feels like -6C, sunny intervals

3pm - 4pm

Newcastle: 0C, less than 5% chance of snow, feels like -3C, sunny intervals

Hexham: 0C, less than 5% chance of snow, feels like -3C, sunny

Consett: -2C, less than 5% chance of snow, feels like -5C, sunny intervals